I tend to think of music as having a significant effect on my productivity. Especially when I have some low level mundane tasks such as iterating feedback in to a design. But I do agree that listening to music while trying to ideate can be counter productive.
I think this all ties back to a discussion here on the list late last year about The Resistance of the Material, the feeback of the medium you are working in and being in the design 'zone'. I've rarely experienced the 'in the zone' feeling one gets when exercising to music when I'm trying to capture concepts. That all said, I'll throw this on to the list of personal favourites http://www.oemradio.org/ I find ambient (no vocals) music great for when I'm transferring designs from paper to computer. Not distracting enough to take your attention away from the details at hand but interesting enough to keep you working for an hour or two without getting bored. I think the most important role music can play while designing is when you need to swtich off for a while, put your mind in a different space. Helps get past designer's block. /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39321 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
